The mobster Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli (Steve Martin) is under the witness protection program and the FBI agent Barney Coopersmith (Rick Moranis) is assigned to take Vinnie and his wife Linda to a house in the suburbs. However their wives leave Vinnie and Barney and the agent gets closer to the gangster and befriends him. Vinnie is a bon vivant and a crook and does not keep the necessary low profile. The District Attorney Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack) arrests him but Barney releases him from jail since he needs to testify against the Mafia. Soon Barney falls in love with Stubbs, but Vinnie gets into many troubles calling the attention of two hit men from the Mafia. The police officer Crystal Rybak (Melanie Mayron) protects him and they also falls in love with each other. In the end, the good-hearted Vinnie becomes a prominent personality in the suburbs. "My Blue Heaven" is a heartwarming comedy with funny moments. The good story is wasted with the uneven screenplay. Vinnie in the supermarket is hilarious and maybe the best moment of this movie. The conclusion is corny but entertaining. Steve Martin was originally cast as Barney and Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast as Vinnie but he left the production to work in "Kindengarten Cop". My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Meu Pequeno Paraíso" ("My Little Heaven")

Very, very funny film. Steve Martin is probably funnier here than in any of his other roles as small time thief Vinnie Antonelli who gets placed under Witness protection program to testify against some bigger crooks. Rick Moranis also has never been more appealing as the unfortunate agent who handles Vinnie's affairs.Of course, My Blue Heaven is not credible for one moment but it never stops with the jokes which come fast and furiously and work for the most part. The script is superbly written in terms of hilarious dialogue and one quotable line after another. Everyone involved aims at giving it their best, even Joan Cusack is likable here.If you want to switch off your brain for 90 minutes and have a few laughs, I recommend My Blue Heaven. Works for me every time.

I admit it -- I am a sucker for a certain type of Steve Martin movie ("The Jerk," "L.A. Story," and of course "My Blue Heaven") -- the days when he was choosing to make stuff that was wonderful mix of funny and sweet. In this movie, Martin and Rick Moranis have a nice chemistry as a semi-reformed mob guy and the FBI agent assigned to protect him. There are some incredible one-liners, sight gags, and a great cast of character actors showing up as various old-time wise guys. As usual, Joan Cusack is terrific as the love interest who manages to make Moranis softer and more tough at the same time. It's also a movie that makes you sad that you don't see Melanie Mayron more. And the dancing scene on the beach -- completely charming.

Steve Martin is amusing as a stand up comedian and is absolutely outstanding as the host to the Oscar ceremony , and as his straight roles in movies like AND THE BAND PLAYED and GRAND CANYON prove he's not bad in dramatic roles either . However I have never taken to the man as a comedy actor because he lacks any type of subtlety . I think you know what my problem with MY BLUE HEAVEN might be don't you ?Martin plays witness protection protectee Vinnie Antonelli or rather plays him very badly . Would Danny Glover get away with playing a modern day African American as a Zulu ? I doubt it so why do we have to put up with Martin overplaying the ethnic stereotype of an Italian American wiseguy ? It's a very irritating performance anyway similar to how Jim Carrey would have played the role which lacks any type of credibility which ironically is down to the performance rather than the writing . I say ironically because the film centers around the character interaction between Vinnie and FBI bodyguard Barney Coopersmith played by Rick Moranis and while Moranis plays his role in an okay manner he's badly let down by the writing . In this type of movie everything must be credible for it to work and unfortunately because of Martin's acting and Morani written character this is what brings the movie down